Systems and methods for determining appropriate energy replenishment and controlling autonomous vehicles are provided. An example computer-implemented method can include obtaining one or more energy parameters associated with an autonomous vehicle. The method can include determining a refueling task for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the energy parameters associated with the autonomous vehicle. The refueling task comprises a first refueling task that is interruptible by a vehicle service assignment or a second refueling task that is not interruptible by the vehicle service assignment. The method can include communicating data indicative of the refueling task to the autonomous vehicle or to a second computing system that manages the autonomous vehicle. The method can include determining whether the refueling task for the autonomous vehicle has been accepted or rejected.
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4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the vehicle service assignment is associated with a higher priority than a priority of the first refueling task.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first refueling task is associated with a first energy threshold and the second refueling task is associated with a second energy threshold, wherein the first energy threshold is greater than the second energy threshold.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the autonomous vehicle is associated with a third party vehicle provider, wherein the feedback data is associated with the third party vehicle provider, and wherein at least one of a first threshold associated with the first refueling task or a second threshold associated with the second refueling task is adjusted based at least in part on the feedback data associated with the third party vehicle provider.
13. The computing system of claim 12, wherein the refueling task is based at least in part on a vehicle service assignment.
17. The computing system of claim 16, wherein a destination location associated with the vehicle service assignment is proximate to a service depot suitable for the refueling task.
19. The computing system of claim 18, wherein it is determined to accept the refueling task for the autonomous vehicle when the refueling task is the second refueling task.
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December 31, 2019
September 20, 2022
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